{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-25-17-1017","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 25-17-1017","heading":"Collection of batteries independent of a battery stewardship program.","body":"(1) Nothing in this part 10 prevents or prohibits a person from offering or performing a fee-based, household collection, or a mail-back program for end-of-life portable batteries or medium-format batteries independently of a battery stewardship program, provided that the person meets the following requirements:\n\n(a) The person's services shall be performed, and the person's facilities shall be operated, in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and requirements, including all applicable federal department of transportation and environmental protection agency regulations;\n\n(b) The person shall make available all batteries collected from the person's Colorado customers to a battery stewardship organization; and\n\n(c) After consolidation of portable or medium-format batteries at the person's facilities, the transport to and processing of the batteries by the battery stewardship organization's designated sorters or processors is at the battery stewardship organization's expense.","path":["Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT","Article 17 - Waste Diversion and Recycling","Part 10 - BATTERY STEWARDSHIP PROGRAMS"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-25.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"a887d4ffcd1c5e98241a40c9206aa011e533e48bb129d5f6a7957eefb4bc6023","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-25-17-1016","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-25-17-1018"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}